The front page has a two column heading:"Fire-Swept Carrier Saved, 373 Perish in Jap Attacks" with subhead and 3 related photos. (see) First report coverage on the Japanese kamikaze attacks on the USS Bunker Hill during the invasion of Okinawa. ... See More

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The top of page 7 has a very intriguing article with column heads: "HITLER TIE SEEN WITH CZECH JEWS" "Organ of Austrian Heimwehr Reports Direct Descent on His Mother's Side" " 'Forebears' Of Same Name" "Woman Who Left Czechoslovakia for Austria Declared a Sister of Chan... See More

Near the bottom of the front page is a one column heading: "INGALLS JURY GIVES VERDICT OF GUILTY" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much on World War II. Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in nice condition.... See More

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The nice banner headline proclaims: "ALLIED ARMY LANDS IN ITALY" with subhead. (see)
Incomplete issue containing the front and back leafs only (4 pages only), a little ink staining, nice for display as such.

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THE STARS AND STRIPES, London Edition, April 21, 1945 This famous 4 page military newspaper has various World War II reports with much on the closing days of the European War and the end of Nazi Germany.

However the key item in this issue is a three column heading on page 2 that reads: "Lifebelts Make Foxhole a Real Comfortable Bed" which is a correspondence by famous WWII Ameri... See More

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The front page has a three column headline: "Counterattack Begun by 1st Army Troops" Nice to have in this famous military publication.
Other World War II news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, nice condition.

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* SS Athenia, the 1st British ship sunk by Germany in WWII
* World War II at the beginning
* Britain and France enter the war

The nice banner headline announces: "BRITISH SHIP WITH 1400 PASSENGERS IS SUNK BY SUBMARINE OFF HEBRIDES" with subheads. (see) Also another banner headline: "Britain and France at War With ... See More

The front page has a banner headline: "American Task Forces Assault Truk For First Time" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on "Operation Hailstone" which was a massive naval air and surface attack on Truk Island.
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* James 'Jimmy' Doolittle becomes a General
* Post Doolittle raid on Japan
* World War II - WWII

Page 4 has a two column heading: "President Makes Doolittle a General, Has Navy Jump O'Hare 30 Numbers"with photo of James 'Jimmy' Doolittle. Interesting he received this honor just a few days after his famous air raid ... See More

This issue reports on the real life Valkyrie event, the attempt by German military officers to assassinate Adolph Hitler. The movie "Valkyrie" starring Tom Cruise is based on this event.
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THE STARS & STRIPES, the "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations" as noted in the masthead. This is a nice collection of six complete issues from the closing months of the war in the Pacific, each with front page reports on the war and with some war-related photo as well, dates being June 19, 22, 25, 26, 27, & 29, 1945. See photos for the... See More

The ftpg. has headlines relating to the stranding of allied forces on the beaches of Dunkirk, (see hyperlink for much more) the focus of a recent motion picture, with: "Allies Fight Desperately to Save Trapped Ar... See More

The ftpg. has headlines relating to the stranding of allied forces on the beaches of Dunkirk, (see hyperlink for much more) the focus of a recent motion picture, with: "British Army's Peril Grows Despite Fur... See More

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THE STAR, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Feb. 10, 1942 Among the front page reports are: "The Battle of Singapore Begins" "Japanese Land With Tanks & Push Back the British Defenders" "More Heavy Russian Losses" "Communism In the United States" "Reich Minister Todt Dead - The Creator of the Siegfried Line" and more.
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DAILY TIMES, Chicago, Aug. 15, 1945 A very nice tabloid-size newspaper with most of the front page taken up with: "PEACE Isn't It Wonderful? " "End Gas Ration" "MacArthur's First Order to Hirohito". "PEACE" dropped out of a photo of a huge, celebratory crowd.
Forty pages, folded in half, minor margin wear, generally nice..... See More

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* re. The famous Doolittle raid of Japan
* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers
* Realization of Japanese executions

The front page has a two column heading: "Jap Threat to Execute All Captured U. S. Fliers Does Not Scare Americans" with subhead and photo of 6 American fliers with heading: "Japs Murdered Some of The... See More

The front page has a two column heading: "Saipan Conquest Completed--Foe Ends Battle After Loss of 11,500 Men in Savage Fight" The report is actually on page 5 under: "CONQUEST OF SAIPAN COMPLETE" with subhead.
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An interesting two column headline near the bottom of the front page: "Zhukoff Says Hitler Wed Actress In Berlin, May Be Alive in Europe". The article begins: "Adolf Hitler married two days before Berlin's fall and the lovers may have esc... See More

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This is the "...Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater...". The banner head announces: "9th Army Clears Magdeburg; 3d Pushes Into Czechoslovakia" but the more significant front page report is: "Pyle Slain in Jap Ambush W... See More

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NIEDERSCHLESISCHE TAGESZEITUNG [Lower Silesia Daily Newspaper], 1936 Printed below the eagle & swastika in the masthead is (translated) "Official Gazette of the NSDAP [National Socialist German Workers Party] And All Authorities". A Nazi newspaper from what is now Southern Poland, then known as Lower Silesia.
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The front page features a five column headline: "Poles Offering stiff Resistance; Hitler Pauses to Draft Reply; 'France Will Fight'-Daladier" with subheads. (see)
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The front page has a nice banner headline announcing: "SOUTH FRANCE INVADED; Allies Land on Mediterranean Coast" with subhead. (see) Great for display. First report coverage on "Operation Dragoon" in Southern France.
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THE STARS & STRIPES, the "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations" as noted in the masthead. This is a nice collection of six complete issues from March & April of 1945 reporting on this climactic advance into Germany & the crossing of the Rhine, each with a photo or map on the ftpg. Dates are: March 30 & 31; April 1, 8, 11, & ... See More

A terrific issue for display on the beginning World War II in Europe with huge & bold 6 3/4 inch letters announcing: "WAR" and beneath it: " 'AID!' POLES DEMAND!" The limited text on the ftpg. begins: "The Polish ambassador to London today no... See More

We have handled many dramatic V-J Day newspapers through the years but few have been as dramatic and displayable as this one. This "Special Edition", as noted in the upper left and right corners, has a bold, two line head taking the entire top half of the ... See More

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* General George S. Patton
* World War II - WWII
* Prelude to the Battle of the Bulge

The top of the front page has a five column headline:"GERMANS LAUNCH HEAVY ATTACK" with subheads that include: "Patton Lines Hold". See photos for partial coverage of Patton's movements just one week prior to the Battle of the Bulge... See More

The front page has a nice banner headline:"AMERICANS LAND ON ENIWETOK, FLANKING TRUK; GREAT VICTORY SEEN IN BLOW AT PACIFIC BASE" with subheads and related map. 1st report coverage on the landing of the 22nd Marine Regiment which began the Battl... See More

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The front page has various headings concerning the Harlem race riot that include:"VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN IN HARLEM; RESTRAINT URGED" "19 Hurt in New Outbreaks Near Scene of the Funeral for Boy Who Was Slain" "Night of Riots Began With Calm Rally" and more with ... See More

The front page has a four column headline: "Expect Decisive Action Following Conference" with subhead and photo. (see) First report coverage on the Atlantic Charter being issued.
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The front page has a five column headline: "'Big Four' Now in Conference on War; How the 'Secret' Broke Censorship" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the day of the Cairo Conference in Egypt in which Japan was the main ... See More

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* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations

Page 5 has one column headings:"NAZIS BAR RESCUE OF 1,350 ORPHANS", "Refuse Safe-Conduct for Ship to Carry Jews Whose Parents Were Murdered in Balkans". See images for coverage on the ongoing atrocities in Nazi-occupied Europe. Rare to find such reports... See More

The front page has a nice banner headline: "BRITISH AND AIR ARMY UNITE" with subheads that include: "13 Towns Taken by Glider Troops" and more. (see) First report coverage on the great paratrooper raid in the Netherlands.
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Although we've seen hundreds of newspapers with Hitler in the headlines, we've never seen a banner headline like this: "HITLER INSANE, BIG MUTINY REPORTED" with a subhead; "Adolf Raves; Himmler Hangs 21 in Cologne; Chaos Spreads, Claim". Near the beginning of the text is; "...that ge... See More

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SCHLESISCHE TAGESZEITUNG, September 10, 1935 The title translates to "Selesian Daily Newspaper". Note the Nazi swastika in the masthead.
Selesia was region of central Europe mostly in present-day Poland. Polish Silesia was among the first regions invaded during Germany's 1939 attack on Poland. One of the claimed goals of Nazi occupation, particularly in Upper Silesia, was the ... See More

the top of the front page has a one column heading: "Toll in Sinking of Big Warship May Total 500" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the torpedo attack on the HMS Courageous in the opening weeks of World War II with the lost of more t... See More

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The top of page 14 has a one column heading: "S. Charters, Actor, Dies In Hollywood" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the suicide death of actor Spencer Charters.
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The front page has a nice banner headline: "U. S. Destroyer Sunk by Torpedo" First report coverage on the sinking of the USS Reuben James, the 1st U.S. warship casualty of World War II.
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The front page has five column headline: "NAZIS' DRIVE HALTED" with subheads. (see)
Complete 1st section only with 14 pages, some central fold wear with archival mend along the fold on page, a little margin wear, otherwise good.... See More

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* Concentration camp for children found
* Jewish holocaust realization* Buchenwald Nazi death camp
* Horrors being revealed for 1st time

Page 4 has a one column heading:"Freed Camp Yields 862 Child 'Slaves'". First report coverage of a concentration camp for children that was found by Russian troops in Poland.
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GOSSCHLEER ZEITUNG, [Gosschleer Newspaper] "Organ der Gottlcheer Deutschen" [Organ of the German Gottscheers], 1939 This was a newspaper from a former German-speaking region in Carniola, a crownland of the Habsburg Empire, present-day Slovenia.
A four page issue which includes at the top of local Yugoslavian stamp and postal mark noting the issue was sent through the mail. To... See More

Among the front page reports are: "Vulnerability of the British Empire" "Navy Unable to Cope with Present Day Warfare" "Why The Axis Will Win This War" which is a fascinating article, beginning: "Germany and her valiant allies will incontestably wi... See More

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THE STARS & STRIPES, Liege Edition, March 3, 1945 The banner headline announces the closing in on Berlin: "Ninth Army Reaches Rhine" and: "83rd Troops Capture Neuss In Drive to River; Guns Shell Dussseldorf" with a map of the area as well. Much more ftpg. & inside pg. reporting on the final days of advance into the heart of Nazi Germany.
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* Jimmy Stewart as a World War II pilot
* American Hollywood movie actor

Page 3 has a small, rather inconspicuous report of famed actor Jimmy Steward co-piloting a Liberator plane over Germany. Headed: "Stewart Co-Pilot in New Attack" it includes: "Maj. Jimmy Stewart, former film star, led one group of Liberators over Oberpfaffenhof... See More

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* Army Black Knights college football
* 1st national championship title (1st report)
* World War II - WWII

The front page of the sport's section which has it's own masthead (inside) has a nice banner headline: "ARMY ENDS SEASON UNBEATEN, DOWNS NAVY, 23-7" with subheads and related photo. First report coverage on the A... See More